inñü'tö

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From nnü (“thing, belonging”) +‎ -tö (benefactive verbalizer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [inɲɨʔtə]

Verb

inñü'tö

  1. (transitive) to give a child his or her first beads

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “inñü'tö”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 228
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.